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CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS) BASED SYLLABUS

MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

YEAR 2015-16

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

GURUGHASI DAS VISWAVIDYALAYA (A CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)

KONI BILASPUR, CG 495009

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SEMESTER I

PAPER NO

TITLE

Teaching

Structure

Marks

TOTAL

CREDITS

L

INTERNAL END

SEMESTER

I Ancient and Medieval

Western

Political Thought

4 40 60 4

II Comparative Politics:

Concepts and Models

4 40 60 4

III International Relations:

Theory and Major

Concepts

4 40 60 4

IV Indian Political System:

Theoretical and

Structural

Aspects

4 40 60 4

V Social and Political

Thought of Ancient and

Medieval India

4 40 60 4

SEMESTER

TOTAL

20 200 300 20

SEMESTER II

PAPER NO TITLE

Teaching

Structure

Marks

TOTAL

CREDITS

L

INTERNAL END

SEMESTER

VI Modern Western Political

Thought

4 40 60 4

VII Comparative Political

Processes

4 40 60 4

VIII International Relations:

Contemporary

Challenges and

Issues

4 40 60 4

IX Indian Political System:

Process

and Problems

4 40 60 4

X Social and Political

Thought of

4 40 60 4

3

Modern India

SEMESTER

TOTAL

20 200 300 20

SEMESTER III

PAPER NO

TITLE

Teaching

Structure

Marks

TOTAL

CREDITS L INTERNAL END

SEMESTER

COMPULSORY PAPERS

XI Contemporary

Political

Theory

4 40 60 4

XII Theory of

Public

Administration

:

Concepts and

Issues

4 40 60 4

XIII Government

and Politics of

States in India

4 40 60 4

ELECTIVE PAPERS*

XIV ELECTIVE 1 4 40 60 4

XV ELECTIVE 2 4 40 60 4

SEMESTER

TOTAL

20 200 300 20

*Students can choose any one group of the following groups and the same group will continue up to

Semester IV.

List of Electives:

GROUP A: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GROUP

1. Public Policy.

2. Public institutions and Governance.

GROUP B: INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 1. Indian Constitution: Theory and Practice.

2. Parties, Elections and the Political Process in India.

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GROUP C: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. Contemporary International Politics.

2. Peace and Security.

GROUP D: FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY

1. Feminist Political Theory

2. Indian Feminist Perspective

SEMESTER IV

PAPER NO

TITLE

Teaching

Structure

Marks

TOTAL

CREDITS L INTERNAL END

SEMESTER

COMPULSORY PAPERS

XVI Contemporary

Political

Theory: recent

debates

4 40 60 4

XVII Public

Administration

: Issues

and Process

4 40 60 4

XVIII Research

Method in

Social

Sciences

4 40 60 4

ELECTIVE PAPERS*

XIX ELECTIVE 1 4 40 60 4

XX ELECTIVE 2 4 40 60 4

SEMESTER

TOTAL

20 200 300 20

GRAND

TOTAL

80 800 1200 80

Elective group will remain the same as in III Semester

List of Electives:

Group A: Public Administration Group

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3. Rural-Urban Development and Local Government in India.

4. Environment and Development: Policy and Politics.

Group B: Indian Government and Politics

3. Development Process and Politics in India.

4. Democracy and Human Rights in India.

Group C: International Relations Group

3. India and the World.

4. Foreign Policies of Major Powers.

Group D: Feminist Political Theory Group

3. Women’s Movement in India

4. Gender and Public Policy

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MA SEMESTER I

PAPER- I ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

(This paper aims to give sound theoretical base for the understanding of political philosophy.)

Unit 1

I. Socrates: Socratic epistemology and the Socratic Method

Unit – 2

I. Plato: Republic (Ideal State, Justice, Education, Communism)

Unit – 3

I. Aristotle: Politics (Aristotle’s method, Teleology, Notion of State and Constitution, Justice,

Slavery and Revolution)

Unit - 4 I. Cicero: Natural Law, State

Unit – 5

I. St Augustine. (Christian Political Philosophy, City of God)

Unit – 6

I. Thomas Aquinas: Theory of Knowledge, The rediscovery of Aristotle

Unit - 7

I. Marsiglio of Padua: Conciliar Movement, State

Books Recommended

• George, H. Sabine.1973.A History of Political Theory, Oxford and I.B.H. Publishing, New Delhi.

(English & Hindi)

• C.L. Wayper.1965.Political Thought, Hutchinson, London,. (English and Hindi both edition

available)

• S. Mukherjee & S. Ramaswamy.1999.A History of Political Thought, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

• E. Barker.1964.The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle, Dover Publications, New Delhi,.

• J.H. Hallowell.1960.Main Currents in Modern Political Thought, Holt, New York,

• A. Hacker. 1961. Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science, Macmillan, New York,

• N. R. Brian.1966. Western Political Thought, Pearson, New Delhi,

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MA SEMESTER I

PAPER-II: COMPARATIVE POLITICS: CONCEPTS AND MODELS

(Each topic is to be studied with reference to concepts, theories and the historical experiments of

developing countries as well as advanced industrialised countries.)

Unit - 1

I. Comparative Politics: Meaning, Nature, Historical Development, Scope and Methodology of

Inquiry

Unit - 2

I. Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics: Formal-Institutional, Behavioural, System,

Structural-Functional and Marxist approach.

Unit - 3

I. Bases of Classification of Political Systems: Models of Political system: Traditional, Modern,

Liberal- Democratic, Authoritarian and Populist.

Unit – 4

I. Political Ideology: Meaning and Characteristics, Debate on the Decline of Ideology, Role of

Ideologies

Unit – 5

I. Political Culture: Concepts, Determinants and Types, Contemporary Trends, Political Culture

and Development, Globalisation and Political Culture

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

• G.A. Almond and G.B. Powell Jr. 1966. Comparative Politics: A Development

Approach, Boston, Little Brown, Boston,

• G.A. Almond et.al.2004. Comparative Politics Today: A World View, Pearson Education

Pvt. Ltd., Singapore,.

• L.J. Cantori and A.H. Zeigler (ed.),1988. Comparative Politics in Post-Behaviouralist

Era, LymmeReinner Publisher, London,

• R.H. Chilcote. 1994. Theories of Comparative Politics: The Search for a Paradigm

Reconsidered, Boulder, West view Press, Colarado,.

• H.J. Wiarda (ed.),1986. New Developments in Comparative Politics, Boulder West view

Press, Colorado,.

• O. Dunleary and B.O’ Leary.1987. Theories of Liberal Democratic State, Macmillan,

London,.

• D. Easton. 1965. A Systems Analysis of Political Life, Wiley, New York,.

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• J.E. Goldthrope. 1996. The Sociology of Post-Colonial Societies: Economic Disparity,

Cultural Diversity and Development, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

M.A. SEMESTER I

PAPER-III INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THEORY& MAJOR CONCEPTS

Unit-1

I. International Relations as a discipline (i) Emergence and Evolution

(ii) The Great Debates

Unit-2

I. Theories of International Relations (i) Idealist, Realist, Scientific, Liberal and Marxist Theory

(ii) Feminist and Post Modernist

(iii) Neoliberal and Neorealist

Unit-3

I. Major Concepts (i) Geo-politics

(ii) National Interest

(iii) National Power and Ideology

Unit-4

I. Contemporary Dimensions (i) State in a Globalised World

(ii) Evolving Inter-State System

(a) Nation-State and Non-State Actors- Transnational Corporations

(b) Multilateral Agencies

(c) International NGOs.

Unit-6

I. The U.N. System (i) Functioning and Challenges of United Nations Organisation

(ii) Crisis of Relevance.

(iii) Non-Alignment Movement and its Crisis of Relevance

Unit-7

I. Conflict and Conflict Resolution (i) Changing Nature of war & Conflict

(ii) Conflict Resolution

(iii) Arms Trade and Information Warfare.

Unit-8

I. Global Concerns (i) International Terrorism, Human Rights, and Environment.

(ii) United States of America and the International Order

(a) Unilateralism

(b) Intervention

(c) Hegemony

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REFERENCES

Text Books; 1. Hoffman,S.H. 1989.Essays in Theory and Politics of International Relations.West-View Press

Boulder, Colorado,

2. Mishra, K.P. andBeal.R.S.1990. International Relations Theory. Vikas Publishers, New Delhi.

3. Ghai, U.R. International Relations. New Academic Publishing, Jalandhar.

4. Perkins& Palmer.2001.International Relations. C.B.S. Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.

5. Baylis, John and Smith, Steve.2005. The Globalization of World Politics, Oxford University

Press, Oxford.

6. Bell, Duncan.2009. Political Thought and International Relation, Oxford University Press,

Oxford.

7. Da Costa, Gerson.2000. Nuclear Politics: Destruction and Disarmament in a Dangerous

8. World, Kanishka, New Delhi.

9. Ghosh, Peu. 2009. International Relations, PHI Learning, New Delhi

ADDITTIONAL READINGS; 1. Calvocoressi, Peter.2000. World Politics Since 1945, Longman, London

2. Jackson, Robert.2003. and Sorensen, Georg, Introduction to International Relations, Oxford

University Press, Oxford.

3. Deutsch, Karl.1968. The Analysis of International Relations, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.

4. Dunne, Tim. 2007. International Relations Theories, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

5. Rajan,M.S. 1994.Non-Alignment and the Non-Alignment Movement in the Present– World

Order.Konark, Delhi

6. Frankel,J. 1969. InternationalPolitics:Conflicted Harmon.Penguin, London.

7. Halliday,K.1994.Rethinking International Relations. Macmillan, Basing's lake.

8. Held,D.et al.,1999.Global Transformation – Politics, Economics and Culture. Stanford

University Press, California.

9. Baldwin, David. 1993. Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate, Columbia

University Press, New York.

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SEMESTER 1

Paper – IV - Indian Political System: Theoretical and Structural Aspects

Unit 1

I. Forces Shaping Indian Political System

(i)British Legacy

(ii) Impact of Indian National Movement

(iii) Role of National Leaders (Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar, Sardar Patel)

Unit 2

I. Ideals of Indian Political System

(i)Republicanism

(ii)Democratic Socialism

(iii) Internationalism

II. Preamble to Indian Constitution

Unit 3

I. Core Values of Indian Political System

(i)Fundamental Rights and Duties

(ii)Directive Principles of State Policy

Unit 4

I. Parliamentary Democracy in India

(i)Central Government (Executive, Legislature, Judiciary)

(ii)State Government (Executive, Legislature, Judiciary)

Unit 5

I. Federalism in India

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(i) Features and Division of Powers

(ii) Centre- State Relations

(iii) Emerging Trends

Books Recommended

Austin, Granville, Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience, Oxford

University Press, New Delhi, 1999

Basu, D.D., An Introduction to the Constitution of India, Prentice Hall, New Delhi (Latest

Edition)

Bakshi, P.M., Constitution of India, Universal Law Publishing House, New Delhi, 1999.

Frankel, Francine; Hasan, Joya and others (ed.) Transforming India, Oxford University Press,

New Delhi, 2000

Gajendragadkar, Preamble of Indian Constitution

Gupta, D. C., Indian Government and Politics, Vikas publishing House, New Delhi, 1975.

Jha, S. N., Indian Political System,: Historical Developments, Ganga Kaveri Publishing House,

Varanasi, 2005

Narang, A.S., Indian Government and Politics, Geetanjali Publishing House, New Delhi

Sharma, B. K., Introduction to the Constitution of India, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi,

2002.

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Semester I

Paper V - Social and Political Thought of Ancient and Mediaeval India

Unit-1

I. Dharmashstra, Arthshastra and Nitishastra traditions in India

Unit-2

I. Major ideas of Manu, Kautilya and Shukra

Unit-3

I. Political ideas in Shantiparva (Mahabharat) and Ramayan

Unit-4

I. Budhhism and Jainism

Unit-5

I. Major tenets of Islam and Sikhism

Books Recommended

• Kautilya’s Arthshastra

• U.N. Ghosal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, OUP, Mumbai, 1968

• A S Altekar, State and Government in Ancient India, Delhi, Motilal Banarasidas,

Delhi, 1966.

• S.K. Belvalkar, Mahabharata: Santi Parvam, 1954.

• C. Drekmeir, Kingship and Community in Early India, Berkeley, University of

California, Press, 1962.

• K.P. Jaiswal, Hindu Polity, Butterworth, Calcutta, 1924.

• V.R. Mehta, Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Manohar Publisher, New

Delhi, 1999.

• G.C. Pandey, Jaina Political Thought, Jaipur Prakrit Bharti, 1984.

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• Abul Fazal, Ain-i-Akbari, 2 Vols., Calcutta, Inded, Trans, Blochman Corrected and

edited by J. Sarkar, Asram Society of Bengal, rep., New Delhi Imperial Book Depot,

New Delhi, 1965.

• B.A. Sale tore, Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions, University of

Bombay, Bombay, 1963.

• R.S. Sharma, Aspects of Political ideas and institutions in Ancient India, Delhi, 1959

MA SEMESTER II

PAPER-VI: MODERN WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

(This paper aims to give sound theoretical base for the understanding of political philosophy.)

Unit - 1

I. Niccolo Machiavelli: Prince*, Discourses*, Human nature, Religion, Ethics and Politics; Child of

Renaissance.

Unit - 2

I. Thomas Hobbes: His Methodology, Scientific Materialism, Theory of Social Contract,

Sovereignty, Individualism.

Unit - 3

I. John Locke: The Second Treatise of Government*Natural Law, Natural Rights, Social

Contract, Liberalism

Unit - 4

I. Jean Jacques Rousseau: Social Contract, General Will

Unit - 5

I. Jeremy Bentham: Utilitarianism, Liberty

Unit - 6

I. John Stuart Mill: Revision of Utilitarianism, On Liberty*, Representative Government,

Subjection of Women*

Unit - 7

I. George Wilhelm Fredric Hegel: Dialectics, State.

Unit – 8

I. Thomas Hill Green: Theory of Rights, State, Political Obligation.

Unit - 9

I. Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels: Dialectical Materialism, Historical Materialism, Class

Struggle, State and Revolution

Books Recommended

• F.W. Coker. 1971. Recent Political Thought, The World Press Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta.

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• A. Hacker. 1961. Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science, Macmillan, New York,

• J.H. Hallowell.1960. Main Currents in Modern Political Thought, Holt, New York.

• George, H. Sabine. 1973. A History of Political Theory, Oxford and I.B.H. Publishing, New

Delhi, (English & Hindi)

• C.L. Wayper.1989. Political Thought, New Delhi, (Revised Edition) (English & Hindi).

• D.Germino. 1972 Modern Western Political Thought: Machiavelli to Marx, Chicago University

Press, Chicago.

• N. R. Brian. 1966. Western Political Thought, Pearson, New Delhi,

MA SEMESTER II

PAPER-VII COMPARATIVE POLITICAL PROCESS

Unit - 1

I. Political Development: Meaning and Characteristics, Third World and Underdevelopment,

Globalisation and Development, Theories of Modernisation, Dependency, World System,

Post Development

Unit -2

I. Political Elite: Concept, Typology and Role, Contributions of Robert Mitchell, Geatno Mosca

and Wilfredo Pareto

Unit - 3

I. Political Parties: Meaning, Nature, Structures, Classifications, Role

Unit - 4

I. Pressure and Interest groups: Meaning, Nature, Classifications, Role

Unit - 5

I. Electoral System, Voting Behaviour, Public Opinion

Books Recommended

• J.C Johari. 1987. (Comparative Political Theory: New Dimensions, Basic Concepts and Major

Trends, Sterling, New Delhi, (Hindi Edition also Available)

• D. Krishna,1979. Political Development: A Critical Perspective, Oxford University Press, Delhi,.

• J. Manor (ed.), Rethinking Third World Politics, Longman, London, 1991.

• L.W. Pye and S. Verba (ed.), 1976.Political Culture and Political Development, Princeton

University Press, Princeton NJ,.

• G. Sartori.1976. Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis, Cambridge University

Press, Cambridge.

• H.J. Wiarda. 1986. New Development in Comparative Politics, Colorado, West-View Press,

Boulder.

• Maurice Duverger, 1954.Political Parties: Their Origin and Activities in Modern State, John

Yiley, London,

• John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig and Anne Phillips eds.1994.The Oxford Handbook of Political

Theory, OUP, Oxford,

• Joseph La Palombara and Myron Weiner (eds.), 1966. Political Parties and Political Development,

Princeton University Press, Princeton,.

• Gerald F. Gaus and ChandranKukathas (ed.), Handbook of Political Theory, Sage, London, 2004

• Giovanni Sartori,1976. Parties and Party System: A Framework for Analysis, Cambridge

University Press, Cambridge,

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• Hamza Alavi and TeodorShanin eds.1982. Introduction to the Sociology of ‘Developing

Societies’, Macmillan, London and Basingstoke,

• Barrington Moore Jr. 1967. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in

the Making of the Modern World, Penguin

• Daniel Caramani, 2008. Comparative Politics, UP, Oxford,

• Benedict Anderson, 1991. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of

Nationalism, London, Verso.

M.A. SEMESTER II

PAPER-VIII INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES & ISSUES

Unit-1

I. The Post-Bipolar world (i) Features and Challenges

(ii) Globalization, Global Terrorism, Global Finance and Global Justice

(iii) Unilateralism vs. Multilateralism

Unit-2

I. Challenges before UN (i) Contemporary Challenges

(a) Nuclear Weapons and Security through Deterrence

(b) Disarmament Measures: Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Weapons

(ii) Human Security and Human Right Consciousness

(iii) Internal and Transnational Security Issues

(a) Ethnicity and Culture

(b) Ecological Dangers

(c) Terrorism

(d) Demography

(e) Narcotics

Unit-3

I. Regional Organizations and their Functioning (i) European Union

(ii) Association of South East Asian Nations

(iii) South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation

(iv) Emergence of BRICS(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)

Unit-4

I. Disarmament and Arms Control (i) Non Proliferation today

(a) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

(b) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START)

(ii) Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

(iii) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

Unit-5

I. Emerging issues

(i) Gender in International Relations

(ii) Environmentalism and Global Warming

REFERENCES

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TEXTBOOKS;

• Calvocoressi, Peter.2001.World Politics: 1945-2000. Pearson, Essex.

• Ghai, U.R. International Relations. New Academic Publishing, Jalandhar.

• Perkins& Palmer.2001.International Relations. C.B.S. Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.

• Perkovich,G. 2000.India’s Nuclear Bomb – The Impact on Global Proliferation. Oxford

University Press.

• Waltz,Kenneth N. 2008.Realism and International Politics. Routledge.

ADDITTIONAL READINGS;

• Vasquez,J.A. 1998.The Power of Power Politic. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

• Gujral, I.K.1998. A Foreign Policy of India, Government of India.

• Buzan,Barry&Richard,Little. 2000. International Systems in World History – Remaking the Study

of International Relations, Oxford University Press, New York.

• Baylish John & Steve Smith.2002.Globalization of World Politics, Oxford University Press,

London.

• Griffiths, Martin and Terry O’ Callaghan.2002.International Relations – Key Concepts,

Routledge, London.

• Hans J.Morganthou.Politics Among Nations.Kalyani Publisher, New Delhi.

• Waltz,Kennth.N. 2010. The Theory of International Politics. Waveland Press.

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Semester II

Paper-IX - Indian Political System: Process and Problems

Unit-1

1) Party System.

2) Pressure Groups: Business, Farming and Professional.

Unit 2

3) Mass Movements: Dalit, women and environment.

Unit 3

4) Electoral Behaviour & Electoral Reforms.

Unit 4

5) Bureaucracy and its Role, Nation building in India: problems and prospects.

Unit 5

6) Problems of the Indian Political System: Linguism, Regionalism, Communalism, Terrorism,

Casteism, Corruption and Criminalisation.

Books Recommended:

1. Pratap Bhanu Mehra , Niraja Gopal , Jayal, The Oxford Companion To Politics In India Student, OUP, New

Delhi, 2009.

2. Rajni Kothari and James Manor (Eds.) Caste In Indian Politics (Second edition), Orient BlackSwan; New

Delhi, (2010)

3. Praksh C. Sarangi , Rajni Kothari Politics in India 2nd Edition (Paperback), orient Blackswan 2012

4. Rajni Kothari, Prakash C. Sarangi, Bharat Mein Rajneeti (Hindi) 2nd Edition (Paperback)

5. Rajni Kothari, Rethinking Democracy, New title Edition (Paperback) orient Blackswan 2005

6. Atul Kohli, The Success Of India's Democracy, Cambridge University Press 2003

7. Atul Kohli, Democracy and Discontent - India's Growing Crisis of Governability (Paperback), Cambridge

University Press 1991

8. Atul Kohli, Democracy and Development in India: From Socialism to Pro business (Paperback) OUP India

2010

9. Paul R. Brass. The Politics of India since Independence, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1989.

10. Sushila Kaushik (ed.). Bharatiya Shashan Avam Rajniti, (Hindi) Hindi Madhyam Karyanwayan Nideshalaya,

Delhi University, 1984.

11. Neera Chandhoke, Contemporary India: Economy, Society and Politics, Dorling Kindersley, 1999.

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12. Francine R. Frankel, India’s Political Economy: The Gradual Revolution, Oxford University Press, Delhi,

1978.

13. Ramashray Roy, Paul Wallace (ed.), Indian Politics and the 1998 Election: Regionalism, Hindutva and State

Politics, Sage Publication, New Delhi, 1999.

14. M.P. Singh, Hinmanshu Roy, Indian Political System: Structure, Policies, Development, Gananda Prakashan,

New Delhi, 1998.

Semester II

Paper-X - Social and Political Thought of Modern India

Unit-1

I. Nationalist Tradition i) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

ii) Aurobindo Ghosh

iii) Vir Savarkar

Unit-2

I. Social Reforms

i) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

ii) Dayanand Saraswati

iii) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

iv) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

v) Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Unit-3

I. Left and Socialist Orientation

i) Jay Prakash Narayan

ii) M.N.Roy

iii) J.L. Nehru

iv) R. M. Lohia

Unit-4

I. Philosophical Anarchist

i) M.K.Gandhi: Hind Swaraj

Books Recommended

• V.P. Verma, Modern Indian Political Thought, Lakshmi Naryan Aggarwal,

Agra, 1974.

• Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj

• Appadorai, Indian Political Thinking through the Ages, Khanna Publishers,

Delhi, 1992.

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• J. Bandopandhyay, Social and Political Thought of Gandhi, Allied

Publishers, Bombay, 1969.

• Parekh & T. Pantham (eds.), Political Discourse: Exploration in Indian and

Western Political Thought, Sage, New Delhi, 1987.

• M.N. Jha, Political Thought in Modern India, Meenakshi Prakashan, Meerut.

• T. Pantham, and K. Deustch (eds.), Political Thought in Modern India, Sage

Publishers, New Delhi, 1986.

• Ramchandra Guha, India After Nehru, Penguine Books India Ltd., 2007.

• Aakash Singh & Silika Mohapatra (eds.), Indian Political Thought: A

Reader, Routledge, New York, 2010.

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MA SEMESTER III

PAPER XI –CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY: RECENT DEBATES

Unit- 1

I. Understanding Political Theory, Different Traditions of Political Theory

Unit - 2

I. Approaches to Contemporary Political Theory: Behaviouralism, Hermeneutics, Rational

Choice,

Unit - 3

I. Various Debates on the Decline of Political Theory

Unit - 4

I. End of Ideology and its Impact on Political theory

Unit - 5

I. Liberal Political Theory and its Critique: C B Macpherson

Unit - 6

I. John Rawls: A Theory of Justice

Unit - 7

I. Importance of the Political: Hannah Arendt

Unit - 8

I. Limits to Politics: Michael Oakeshot

Books Recommended

• Bhargava, R and Acharya A, 2009. Political Theory New Delhi Pearson(Hindi edition also

available)

• Gauba, O P. 2003. An introduction to Political theory, New Delhi Macmillan(Hindi edition also

available)

• Dworkin, Ronald,1978. Taking Rights Seriously. London, Duckworth,.

• Goodin, Robert E. and Hans-Dieter Klingemannedited1996. A New Handbook of Political

Science. Oxford, Oxford University Press.

• Goodin, Robert E. and Philip Pettit edited.1993. A Companion to Contemporary Political

Philosophy, Oxford, Oxford-University Press,

• Farrelly, C,2004 contemporary Political Theory A Reader New Delhi Sage

• Carter, A & Stokes G (ed) Liberal Democracy and its Critics London Polity Press 1998

• Parekh, B, Contemporary Political Thinkers, Baltimore John Hopkins University Press 1982

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• Verma, S P. Modern Political Theory2013New Delhi, Vikas Publishers.(Both Eng & Hindi

edition available),

• Deshpande, Meena, & M. J. Vinod, 2013. Contemporary Political Theory, New Delhi, PHI

M.A. SEMESTER - III

PAPER XII -THEORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

Unit-1

I. Public Administration:

Meaning,Nature, Scope & Significance; Evolution of the Discipline of Public

Administration, Classical Public Administration, Politics and Administration, Administrative

States,New Public Administration and New Public Management

Unit-2

I. Ecology of Public Administration:

Ecology of Public Administration,Ecology of Developed and Developing Nations,Impact of

Environmental factor-Social, Human related, Language,Educational factor,Time and

Number,Climatic Condition,Copy-catism

II. Development Administration:

Meaning,Nature,Scope,Significance,Ecology of Development

Administration,Political,Economic,Social and Cultural Influences of Development

Administration

Unit-3

I. Classical and Modern Approaches:

Behavioural, Systems and Structural Functional and Marxist (Particular Reference to the

Contributions ofWoodrowWilson, Fredric Winslow Taylor, Herbert A. Simon, Fred W.

Riggs,Max Weber &Karl Marx) Public Choice and Critical Theory Perspective

Unit-4

I. Bureaucratic Theory:

Max Weberian model and Post-Weberian Model

II. Organization Theories:

Herd Theory, Person-to-Person Theory, Group Theory, Classical Theory, Humanistic(Neo-

Classical) Theory, Modern Organization Theory: The System Approach and Contingency

Approach

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Unit-5

I. Globalization, Governance and Role of Public Administrative:

(i) Meaning of Globalisation and Governance, Impact of Globalisation in Public

Administration

(ii) Corporate Governance, Public Administration and Civil Society, Public

Administration in the Age of Information Technology,

(iii) People Participation:New Public Service Approach and Feminist Perspective

Books Recommended:

• Chakravarty, Vidyut& Prakash, C (ed.) Public Administration In A Globalizing World, Sage

Publications

• A Awasthi and S. Maheshwari, Public Administration, LaxmiNarain Agrawal, Agra

• Jay. M. Shafritz. And Albert C. Hyde, Classics of Public Administration, The Dorsey Press,

Chicago Iiinois, 1987

• Chakrabarty, Bidyut, Bhattacharya, Mohit , Public Administration: A Reader (New edition)

(Paperback), OUP New Delhi

• M.P. Sharma and B.L. Sadhana, Public Administration in Theory and Practice, KitabMahal,

Allahabad, 2001

• India Journal of Public Administration: Relevant Articles.

• P.H. Appleby, Policy and Administration, University of Alabama Press, Alabama, 1957

• C.P. Bhambri, Administratorsin a Changing Society: Bureaucracy and Politics in India, Vikas

Publishers, Delhi, 1971

• C.P.Berthwal and TriptiBerthwal, Understanding Management, Bharat Book Centre, Lucknow,

2008

• R.K.Sapru, Administrative Theories and Management Thought, PHI Learning Private Limited,

Delhi, 2013

• Bhattacharya, Mohit, Public Administration, Structure, Process and Behaviour, World Press Pvt.

Ltd. Calcutta, 1991.

• P.R.Dubhashi, The Profession of Public Administration, Subhda-Saraswat, Pune, 1980.

• Ramesh K.Arora (ed), Themes and Issues in Administrative Theory, Bookman Associates, Jaipur,

1980.

• D.C.Rowat (ed.), Basic Issues in Public Administration, Macmillan Company, New York.

• O.P.Dwivedi and R.B. Jain, India’s Administration State, Gitanjali Publishing House, New Delhi,

1998

• PardeepSahni and EtakulaVayunandan, Administrative Theory, New Delhi: PHI Learning Ptv.

Ltd. 2010 .

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M.A. SEMESTER III

Paper XIII: Government and Politics of the States in India

Unit-1

I . Framework for the Study of State Politics

Unit-2

I. Relevance of the Study of State Politics in India

Unit-3

I. Relation between National & State Politics in India

Unit-4

I. Determinants of State Politics: Socio-Economic & Constitutional

Framework: Structure of the State Government Executive, legislature and

Judiciary

Unit-5

I. Emerging Trends in State Politics: Study of the three following states with

particular reference to: Political Developments, Political Parties, Government

Formation, Electoral Behaviour, Factionalism, Autonomy etc.

Unit-6

I. Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh: Changing Dynamics and Politics

Books Recommended:

• Iqbal Narayan (ed.) State Politics in India, Meenakshi Meerut, Meerut, 1967

• M. Weiner (ed.) State Politics in India, Princeton University Press, New Jersey,

1976

• S.R. Maheshwari, State Governments in India, Macmillan, Delhi, 1979

• B.L. Fadia, Sarkaria Commission Report and Centre-State Relations, Agra.

• J.R. Wood (ed.) State Politics in Contemporary India: Crisis or Continuity?

Westview Press, Boulder, 1984

• Ramashray Roy and Paul Wallace (eds.) Indian Politics and the 1998 Elections:

Regionalism, Hindutva and State Politics, Sage, New Delhi, 2000.

• Paul Wallace and Ramashray Roy (eds.) India’s 1999 Elections and Twentieth

Century Politics, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.

• Amartya Sen, The Argumantative Indian, Penguine Books Ltd., England, 2005.

• Rajni Kothari, Politics in India, Orient Blackswan Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi, 2009.

• Louise Tillin, Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins, Oxford

University Press, New Delhi, 2013.

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• Sudha Pai, Handbook of Politics in Indian States, Oxford University Press, New

Delhi, 2013.

• M. P. Singh & Rekha Saxena (eds.), ‘Towards Greater Federalization’ in Indian

Politics: Contemporary Issues and Concerns, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., New

Delhi, 2008.

25

M.A. SEMESTER - III

GROUP A: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GROUP (ELECTIVE PAPER)

PAPER XIV: PUBLIC POLICY

Unit-1

I. Meaning, Approaches and Models

i) Public Policy: Meaning and Significance

ii) Distinction between policy, decision and goals

iii) Models: Institutional, Rational, System and others

Unit-2

I. Public Policy Making: Structure and Processes i) Constitutional Framework for Policy Making

ii) Role of Political, Executive,Legislative,Bureaucracy and Judiciary

iii) Major Determinant: Political Parties,Intrest Group, Mass Media, Social Movement, NGO,s

and International agencies

Unit-3

I. Public Policy Implementation

i) Role of Legislative, Executive,Judicary and Bureaucracy

ii) Role of Voluntary Organisation, Interaction between Government and NGOs

iii) Major Constraint in Policy Implementation

Unit-4

I. Public Policy Monitoring and Evaluation

i) Approaches and Techniques, Constraint in Policy Monitoring, Measure for effective policy

monitoring

ii) Policy Evaluation: Meaning, Types, Evaluating Agencies and Problems

Unit-5

I. Sectoral Policies i) Population Policy,

ii) Education and

iii) Health

Text Book

• Birkland, Thomas A., Introduction to the Policy process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of

Public policy making, New York: M.E. Sharpe Inc., 2011.

• Dror, Yehezkel, Public Policy Making Reexamined, New York: Chandler Publishing Company,

1968.

• Dye, Thomas R., Understanding public policy, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Limited, 2012

(Chapter 1).

• Kataria, Surendra, Administration and Public policy, Noida: Mayur Paper Back, 2006.

26

• Sapru, R.K., Public Policy: Art and Craft of Policy Analysis, New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.,

2010, Chapter 2.

Additional Readings:

• Anderson, J.E., Public policy making, Stamford: Cengage Learning, 2011.

• Derbyshire, J. Denes and David T. Patterson, An Introduction to Public Administration, England:

McGraw-Hill, 1979.

• Dror, Yehezkel, Public policy making Re-examined, New York: Chandler Publishing co., 1968.

• Dunn, W.N., Public policy analysis: An introduction, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1993.

• Dye, Thomas R., Understanding public policy, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Limited, 2012.

• Gerston, L.N., Public policy making: process and principles, London: M.E. Sharpe Inc., 2010.

• IGNOU, Public policy analysis, MPA – 15, New Delhi: IGNOU.

• Lasswell, Harold, A Pre-view of Policy Sciences, New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co.

Inc., 1977.

• Mathur, Kuldeep, Public Policy and Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013.

• Michael F. Kraft and Scott R. Furlong, Public policy: Politics, analysis and alternatives, New

Delhi: Sage publication, 2013.

• Sahni, Pradeep, Public policy: Conceptual dimension, Allahabad: KitabMahal, 1987.

• Sinha, Manoj, PrashasanEbamLokniti (Hindi), New Delhi: Oriental Blackwswan, 2010.


2010.

• Saxena, P.K. (ed.), Comparative public policy, Jaipur: Rawat publication, 2000.

• Parsons Wayne, Public Policy: An Introduction to the Theory of Policy Analysis, Aldershot, U.K.:

Edward Elgar. 1995.

• Rathod P.B., Framework of Public Policy: The Discipline and its Dimensions, New Delhi:

Commonwealth, 2005.

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M.A. SEMESTER - III GROUP A: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (ELECTIVE PAPER)

PAPER XV: PUBLIC INSTITUTION AND GOVERNANCE

UNIT-1

I. Public Institution: Meaning, features and types of public institution, state versus market

debate

II. Governance:concept, meaning and definition, Characteristics of governance in Developed

and Developing countries, Role of legislature, executive and judiciary in governance

UNIT-2

I. Good Governance: meaning, definition, elements of good governance,implications for the

poor and marginalized.

UNIT-3

I. People-centric governance: Democratic decentralization and people’s participation in

governance, Governance in a changing world

UNIT-4

I. Administrative and civil Services Reform: Rule of law and Contract Enforcement,

Improving Public Administration-Incentives and Accountability, Improving Public Services

Strategies for civil Engagement

UNIT-5

I. Public Enterprises in India: Meaning, Objective, Significance, Evolution of Public

Enterprises, Role of PEs in Developing Countries, Forms of Public Enterprise

Text Book:

• Cheema, G. Shabbir, A Governance Approach to Development: New Role for Development

Cooperation in Hasnat Abdul Hye (Ed.), Governance south Asian Perspectives, Manohar, New

Delhi, 2001

• Bhambri, C.P., Bureaucracy and Politics in India, VikasPublication,Delhi, 1971

• jain R.B. Contemporary Issues in Indian AdministrationVikas Publication ,Delhi, 1976

• Mishra S.N.and others, Public Governance and Decentralisation, Mittal Publication, new Delhi,

2003

• Awasthi, S.S, Indian Government and Politics,HarAnand, New Delhi, 2000

Readings:

• C.P.Barthwal(ed.)Good Governance in India ,Deep & Deep Publication,Delhi 2003

• PradeepSahni& Uma Medury, Governance & Development: Issues &Strategies, Prentice Hall of

India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2003.

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• E. Vayunandan and Dolly Mathew (ed.), Good Governance: Initiative inIndia, Prentice Hall of

India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2003.

• M.P.Gupta, Prabhat Kumar and Jaijit Bhattacharya, Government onlineopportunities and

challenges, Tata Mcgraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd. New Delhi, 2004.

• M. Bhattacharya(1998) ‘Contextualizing Governance and Development’ in B.Chakrabarty,

M.(ed) The Governance Discourse, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Pp 79-102.

• A.Leftwich, (1994), ‘Governance in the State and the Politics of Development’, Development and

Change. Vol 25, pp. 363-386.

• B. Chakrabarty (2007), Reinventing Public Administration: The India Experience, New Delhi:

Orient Longman, pp. 68-106.

• Bhattacharya Mohit, New Horizons of Public Administration, New Delhi; Jawahar Publishers, 5th

Edition, 2008.

• DhamejaAlka (ed.), Contemporary Debates in Public Administration, New Delhi; Prentice-Hall

India, 2003.

• Goel S.L., Public Administration: Theory and Practice, New Delhi; Deep and Deep Publishers,

2003.

• Maheshwari S.R., Administrative Theory: An Introduction, New Delhi; MacMillan, 2003.

• Medury Uma, Public Administration in the Globalization Era, New Delhi; Orient Blackswan,

2010.

• Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs, New Delhi; Prentice-Hall India, 2004.

• Shafritz Jay M. (ed.), Defining Public Administration, Jaipur; Rawat Publications, Indian Reprint,

2007.

• Shafritz Jay M. and Albert C. Hyde (ed.), Classics of Public Administration, Chicago, Illinois,

The Dorsey Press, 1987.

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M.A. III SEMESTER

(ELECTIVE GROUP-B: INDIAN GOVERNEMNT AND POLITICS)

PAPER XIV PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN INDIA

Unit- 1

I. Party System in India

(i) Feature of Party System in India

(ii) National Parties in India

(iii) Regional Parties in India

Unit- 2

I. Coalition Politics in India

(i) State level

(ii) Central level

Unit- 3

I. Pressure Groups in India

(i) The Kisan Sabha

(ii) Trade Unions

(iii) The Corporate and Multinationals

Unit- 4

I. Electoral System in India

(i) The People’s Representation Act, 1951

(ii) Organization of Constituencies in India

(iii) Proportional Representation System in India

(iv) Single Transferable Vote System in India

Unit- 5

I. Electoral Reforms in India

(i) Role of Election Commission of India

(ii) Role of Parliament of India

(iii) Role of Supreme Court of India

(iv) Anti-Defection Law

Books Recommended:

• Arora &Mukherji, Federalism in India, Origin and Developments, Vikas publishing house, New

Delhi, 1992

• Adeney, Katherin, and Saez, Lawrence (Eds.), Coalition Politics and Hindu

Nationalism, Routledge, London, 2005.

• Brass, Paul, The Politics of India Since Independence, Cambridge University Press,

Cambridge, 2004.

• Chatterjee, Partha, State and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,

2009.

• Hasan, Zoya (Ed.), Parties and Party Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New

Delhi, 2002.

• Jayal, Niraj Gopal, and Mehta, Pratap Bhanu, The Oxford Companion to Politics in

India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.

• Jenkins, Rob, Regional Reflections: Comparing Politics Across India’s States, Oxford


30

• Kohli, Atul, Democracy and Development in India, Oxford University Press, New

Delhi, 2010.

• Kothari, Rajni, Politics in India, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2003.

• Narain, Iqbal (Ed.), State Politics in India, Meenakshi Prakashan, Meerut, 1965.

• Robinson, John, “Regionalising India: Uttarakhand and the Politics of Creating

States”, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume 24, No. 2, December

2001, pp. 189-212.

• Sarangi, Asha (Ed.), Language and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New

Delhi, 2009.

• Weiner, Myron (Ed.), State Politics in India, Princeton University, Princeton, 1968.

31

M.A. III SEMESTER

(ELECTIVE GROUP-B: INDIAN GOVERNEMNT AND POLITICS)

PAPER XV INDIAN CONSTITUTION: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Unit- 1

I. Constitutional Development (i) Constitutional Development in India up to 1947

(ii) Indian Independence Act

(iii) Constituent Assembly of India

(iv) Salient features of the Constitution of India

Unit- 2

I. Philosophy of the Constitution (i)Preamble

(ii)Fundamental Rights

(iii)Directive Principles of State Policy

(iv)Fundamental Duties

Unit- 3

I. Central Government

(i) Executive

(ii) Legislature

(iii) Judiciary

Unit- 4

I. State Government (i) Executive,

(ii) Legislature

(iii) Judiciary

Unit- 5

I. Democratic Decentralization

(i) Panchayati Raj in India

(ii) Urban Local Bodies

Unit- 6

I. Constitutional Authorities in India

(i) Election Commission

(ii) Finance Commission

(iii) Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Books Recommended:

• Basu, D.D., Introduction to the Constitution of India, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1982.

• Bakshi, P.M., Constitution Of India, Universal Law Publishing House, NewDelhi, 1999.

• Gajendragadkar, Preamble of Indian Constitution

• Gupta, D. C., Indian Government and Politics, Vikas publishing House, New Delhi, 1975.

• Jha, S. N., Indian Political System,: Historical Developments, Ganga Kaveri Publishing House,

Varanasi, 2005

32

M.A. III SEMESTER

(ELECTIVE GROUP-C INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

PAPER XIV CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Unit- 1

I. Introduction to International Politics (i) Meaning, Nature and Scope of International Politics

(ii) Different Approaches to the Study of International Politics

(a) Classical-Scientific, Ideal-Realist, Marxist

(b) Neoliberal-Neorealist, Feminist, Post Modernist.

Unit-2

I. Main Actors in International Politics (i) The State System, State in a Globalizing World

(a) Unilateralism, Intervention, Hegemony

(ii) Non State Actors

(a) Transnational Corporations

(b) Multilateral Agencies and International NGOs

Unit- 3

I. The U.N. System (i) Organizational Framework

(ii) Functioning

(iii) Challenges before UN

(iv) Crisis of Relevance.

Unit- 4

I. Information Order:

(i) Power, Propaganda, Distortion and Information Revolution

(ii) International Ethics

(a) Global Justice

(b) Ethical Intervention

(c) Humanitarianism.

Unit- 6

I. Conflict and Conflict Resolution (i) Changing Nature of War

(ii) Arms Trade and Information Warfare.

(iii) Conflict Resolution Mechanism

Unit- 7

I. Global Concerns

(i) Terrorism, Civil Strives, Human Rights and Refugees Problems

(ii) GHGs and Environmental Degradation

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REFERENCES

Test Books;

• Scott Burchill et al, Theories of International Relations 3rd ed, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan,

2005

• Steve Smith, Ken Booth and Marysia Zalewski, (eds.), International Theory: Positivism and

Beyond, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996

• Chris Brown with Kirsten Ainley, Understanding International Relations, 3rd Ed., Palgrave

Macmillan, 2005

• Tim Dunne, M. Kurki Steve Smith, International Relations. Discipline and Diversity, Oxford

University Press, 2007

• Arlene B. Tickner and Ole Wever, (eds.), International Relations Scholarship Around the World,

London: Routledge, 2009

• Tim Dunne, M. Kurki Steve Smith, International Relations. Discipline and Diversity, Oxford

University Press, 2007

• David A. Baldwin (ed.), Neo-Realism and Neo-liberalism: The Contemporary Debate (New

York: Columbia University Press, 1993

• Robert Cox, with T. Sinclair, Approaches to World Order, Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press, 1996

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M.A. III SEMESTER

(ELECTIVE GROUP-C INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

PAPER XV PEACE AND SECURITY

Unit- 1

I. The Nature of Peace and Conflict from Antiquity to the Modern Age

(i) Anatomy & Sources of Conflict

(ii) Conflict Handling Mechanisms

(a) Conflict Suppression

(b) Conflict Management

(c) Conflict Resolution

(d) Reconciliation

Unit- 2

I. Pedagogy & Approaches

(i) Arms Control and Disarmament Measures

(a) Conventional weapons

(b) Nuclear weapons

(c) Other weapons of mass destruction

(ii) Gandhian Approach

(a) Satyagrah

(b) Jai Jagat

Unit- 3

I. Shifting Paradigm of Security

(i) Physical Security of the State vs. Human Security

(ii) Protection of Human Rights and Human Development

(iii) Ethnicity and Multiculturalism

Unit- 4

I. Various Dimensions of Peace and Security

(i) Minimal Security Threats vs. Perpetual Peace

(ii) National Interest vs. Common Concerns (iii) Disputes and potential threats

(a) Maritime boundaries, continental shelf

(b) Exclusive Economic Zone

(c) Threat of piracy and terrorist activities

(iv) Confidence Building Measures

(a) Panchsheel Doctrine

(b) India –Pakistan as a Showcase

Unit-5 I. PEACE AND SECURITY: Issues & Challenges

(i) Challenges of 21st Century

(ii) Anatomy of Terrorism

(iii) Ecological & Environmental Conflict

(iv) Women and Peace

(v) Managing Ethnic Conflicts Peacefully

(vi) Role of Education, Religion & Media

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REFERENCES

Textbooks:

• Thakkar, Usha and Mangesh Kulkarni, eds. India in World Affairs: Towards the 21st

Century, (1999: Mumbai, Himalaya Publishing House)

• Mohan, C. Raja Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy,(2005:

New Delhi, Viking – Penguin Books)

• S. Bhattacharya, The Pursuit of National Interest Through Non- Alignment, University

Press, Calcutta.

• Harshe, Rajen and K.M. Seethi, eds. Engaging with the World: Critical Reflections on

India’s Foreign Policy, (2005: New Delhi, Orient Longman)

• Dixit, J.N. External Affairs: Cross-Border Relations, (2003: New Delhi, Lotus Collections)

• Gaddis, John Lewis. 1982. Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American

National Security Policy During the Cold War. Oxford University Press, New York.

• Kotkin, Stephen. 2001. Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000. Oxford


• O’Gorman, Patrick. 2011. President Kennedy and the Berlin Crisis. In Klaus Scherer,

Angela Schorr and Tom Johnstone, eds. Appraisal Processes in Emotion: Theory, Methods,

Research. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, New York.

36

M.A. SEMESTER– III

(ELECTIVE GROUP D: FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY)

PAPER – XIV: FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY

Unit – 1

I. Feminism : Meaning and approach to study feminism

Unit – 2

I. Liberal Feminism: Mary Wollstonecraft, Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli and John Stuart Mill

Unit – III

I. Socialist Feminism: Charles Fourier, Saint Simonians, Becky Thompson

Unit – IV

I. Marxist Feminism: Karl Marx, Frederich Engles and Alexandra Kollantai

Unit – V

I. Social Democratic Feminism: Bebet, Clara Zetkin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Unit – VI

I. Radical Feminism: Rejection of Patriarchy (Kate Millett)

Unit – VII

I. Postmodernist Feminism and Beyond (Feminist theory in twenty-first century)

Books Recommended

Text Book

• Bryson, Valerie.( 2003). ‘Feminist Political Theory: A Introduction (Second edition)’. New York:

Palgrave Macmillan.

• Grant, J. (1993). Fundamental Feminism: Contesting the Core Concepts of Feminist Theory. New

York: Routledge.

• Shanley, M.L. and C. Pateman. (1991). Feminist Interpretation and Political theory. Cambridge:

Polity Press.

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Additional Reading

• Anthony, L. and C. Witt (eds.). 1992. A Mind of One’s Own: Feminist Essays on Reason and

Objectivity. Boulder Colorado: Westview Press.

• Asfah, H. (ed.). (1996). Women and Politics in the Third World. London: Routledge.

• Bacchi, Carol and Joan Eveline. (2010). Mainstreaming Politics: Gendering Practices and

Feminist Theory. Australia: University of Adelaide Press.

• Boserup, E. (1970). Women’s Role in Economic Development. London: George Allen and Unwin.

• Bryson, Valerie. (2007). Gender and the Politics of Time: Feminist Theory and Contemporary

debate. Bristol: The Policy Press.

• Bystdzienski, J.M. (1992). Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide strategies for

Empowerment. Bloomington: Indiana University press.

• Caine, B. (1992). Victorian Feminism. New York: Oxford University Press.

• Coole, D. (1993). Women in Political Theory: From Ancient Misogyny to Contemporary

Feminism. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf.

• Cott, N.F.(1987). The Grounding f Modern Feminism. New Haven CT and London: Yale

University Press.

• Eisenstein, H. (1984). Contemporary Feminist Thought. London: Unwin.

• Evans, J. (1986). Feminism and Political Theory. London: Alfred A. Knopf.

• Evans, M. (ed.). (1972). The Woman Question. London: Fontana.

• Forbes, G. (1976). Women in Modern India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Gatens, M. (1991). Feminism and Philosophy: Perspectives on Difference and

Equality. Cambridge: Polity press.

• Gelb, J. (1989). Feminism and Politics: A Comparative perspective. Berkeley: University of

California press.

• Gilligan, C. (1982). In a Different Voice. London: Harvard University Press.

• Grant, J. (1993). Fundamental Feminism: Contesting the Core Concepts of Feminist Theory. New

York: Routledge.

• Heitlinger, A. (1979). Women and State Socialism. London: Macmillan.

• Kuhn, A. and A.M. Wolpe (eds.) (1978). Feminism and Materialism: Women and the Modes of

Production. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

• McLaughlin, Janice. (2003). Feminist Social and Political Theory: Contemporary Debates and

Dialogues. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Meis, M. (1993). Ecofeminism, London: Zed.

• Mill, J.S. (1962). The Subjection of Women. London: Everyman.

• Nelson, B. N. Chowdhary (eds.). (1997). Women and Politics Worldwide. Delhi: Oxford

University press.

• Okin, S.M. and J. Mansbridge (eds.). (1994). Feminism ( 3 Vols.), London: Routledge.

• Pateman, C. and E. Gross (eds.). (1987). Feminist Challenges: Social and Political Theory. Boston:

Northeastern University Press.

• Waithe, M.E. (1991). Modern Women Philosophers 1600-1900. Boston: Little Brown.

• Warnock, M. (1985). Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and J.S. Mill’s The

Subjection of Women. London: Dent.

• Young, I.M. (1990). Justice and the Politics of Difference. Oxford: Princeton University Press.

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M.A. SEMESTER – III

(GROUP D: FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY)

PAPER – XV: INDIAN FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

Unit – 1

I. Status of Women in Indian Dharmashastras : Manu Smriti, Yajanvakya Smriti, Parasar

Smriti, Kautilya’s Arthashastra

Unit – 2

I. Indian Renaissance and emergence of feminist thought

Unit – 3

I. Indian thinkers on women: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Swami

Vivekananda, Shri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi and Vinobha Bhave

Unit – 4

I. Great women of India: Annie Beasant, Sister Nivedita, Sarojini Naidu, Aruna Asaf Ali

Unit – 5

I. Indian Women in post-Independence period

Books Recommended

• Bande, Usha and Atma Ram, Woman in Indian Short Stories: Feminist Perspective, New Delhi:

Rawat Publications, 2003

• Mandakranta Bose, Facess of the Feminism in Ancient Medieval and Modern India, OUP, New

Delhi, 2000

• CHANDRA TALPADE MOHANTY, ANN RUSSO, LOURDES TORRES, THIRD WORLD WOMEN

AND THE POLITICS OF FEMINISM, BLOOMINGTON: INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1991

• A.S. Altekar, Position of Women in Hindu Civilization from Prehistoric Past to the Present day,

3rd

Edition, Motilal Banarasi Das, Delhi, 1962.

• O. Flaherty Wendy, The Laws of Manu, Penguin Books, London, 1991.

• Gayatri C. Spivak, In other Worlds, Methuen, London, 1987.

• Vinobha Bhave, Streeshakti, Sarva Deva Sangha Prakashan, Varanasi, 1994.

• P. Thompson Indian Women through the Ages, Bombay, Asia Publishers, 1964.

• Pushpa Joshi, Gandhi on Women, Published jointly by Centre for Women Development Studies,

New Delhi and Nav Jeevan Trust, Ahmedabad, 1988.

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MA SEMESTER IV

PAPER XVI

CONTEMPORARY POLITCAL THEORY: RECENT DEBATES

Unit - 1

I. Postmodernism: Michael Foucault (Discourse of Power and Knowledge), Jean-Francois

Lyotard (Death of Meta Narratives), Jacques Derrida (Deconstruction)

Unit - 2 I. Feminism: Various schools (Liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Radical, Black)

Unit - 3

I. Communitarianism: Meaning and Various Debates

Unit - 4 I. Libertarianism: Meaning and Debates

Unit - 5 I. Multiculturalism: Meaning, Various Models

Unit - 6 I. Environmentalism: Issues

Unit - 7

I. Contemporary Marxism

Unit - 8

I. Orientalism: Edward Said

Unit - 9 I. Existentialism: J P Sartre, Erich From

Unit - 10 I. Third World Political Theory: Characteristics

Recommended Readings:

• Bhargava, R and Acharya A, 2009. Political Theory New Delhi Pearson (Hindi edition also

available)

• Gauba, O P, 2003.An introduction to Political theory, New Delhi Macmillan (Hindi edition also

available)

• Dworkin, Ronald,1978 Taking Rights Seriously. London, Duckworth.

• Goodin, Robert E. and Hans-Dieter Klingemannedited1996. A New Handbook of Political

Science. Oxford, Oxford University Press,

• Goodin, Robert E. and Philip Pettit edited1993. A Companion to Contemporary Political

Philosophy, Oxford, Oxford-University Press,

• Farrelly, C.2004. Contemporary Political Theory A Reader New Delhi Sage

• Carter, A & Stokes G (ed) 1998Liberal Democracy and its Critics London Polity Press

• Parekh, B, 1982Contemporary Political Thinkers, Baltimore John Hopkins University Press

40

• Varma, S P. 2013.Modern Political Theory New Delhi, Vikas Publishers.(Hindi edition also

available)

• Deshpande,Meena, &M. J. 2013.Vinod, Contemporary Political Theory, New Delhi, PHI

• B. Parekh, 2000. Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political theory. Macmillan

Press, London,

• E. Said, 1978. Orientalism, Chatto and Windus, London,

• C. Taylor.1968. Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition, edited by J.P. Mayer

and M. Lerner, New York, Harper, London, Fontana.

• S.K. White, 1991.Political Theory and Postmodernism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,

• I.M. Young, 1990.Justice and the Politics of Deference, Princeton University Press, Oxford,

• A. Ahmed, 1992.In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, Verso, London,

• J.B. Elshtain, 1981.Public Man, Private Man: Women in Social and PoliticalThought, Princeton

University Press, Princeton NJ,

• R. Guha and G.C. Spivak1988.Selected Subaltern Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford,

• R. Young,1990.White Mythologies: Writing History and the West, Routledge, London,

• Pachori, S.2000.aalochna se aage,New Delhi,Radhakrishana,

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M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE

SEMESTER - IV

PAPER- XVII: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: PROCESS AND ISSUES

Unit – 1 I. Public Administration: Administrative Culture, Good Governance, Citizen’s Charter

Unit – 2

I. Administrative Process: Leadership, Decision-making and Information technology

II. Public Policy Analysis: Meaning, Models and Process

Unit – 3 I. Administration and Planning in India: Planning Process in India, Role of Planning

Commission, National Institute forTransforming India (NITI AYOG), National Development

Council (N.D.C) and State PlanningBoards

Unit – 4

I. Budget:Concept of Budget, Significance of Budgeting, Types of Budget: Line-item

Budget,Planning, programmingand budgeting system(P.P.B.S.),Performance Budgeting,Zero-

based budgeting,Outcome and Gender budgeting, Budget Policy Orientation in India, Major

Actors in Budgetary Process and Budget system in India.

Unit – 5

I. Political neutrality and commitment of civil servants; Civil servants’ relation with political

executive and people; and Generalist-specialist controversy in bureaucracy.

Text Book

• Chakrabarty, Bidut, and Prakash Chand, Public Administration in a Globalizing World: Theories

and Practices, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2012.

• De, Prabir Kumar, Public Policy and Systems, Delhi: Pearson, 2012.

• Singh, Hoshiar and Mohinder Singh, Public Administration in India: Theory and Practice, New

Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1989.

• Barthwal, C.P., Good Governance in India, Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2003.

• Fadia, B.L., Public Administration, Agra: SahityaBhawan, 2010.

Additional Readings

• Maheshwari, S.R., Administrative Thinkers, Macmillan India Ltd. New Delhi, 2000.

• Shafritz, J.M., and A.C. Hyde (ed), Classics of Public Administration, The Dorsay Press,

Chicago, USA, 1992.

• Muttalib, M.A., Democracy, Bureaucracy and Technology, Concept Publishing Company, New

Delhi.

• Bhattacharya, Mohit, Public Administration, Structure, Process and Behaviour, World Press Pvt.

Ltd. Calcutta, 1991.

• Dubhashi, P.R., The Profession of Public Administration, Subhda-Saraswat, Pune, 1980.

• Arora, Ramesh K. (ed.), Themes and Issues in Administrative Theory, Bookman Associates,

Jaipur, 1980.

• Rowat, D.C. (ed.), Basic Issues in Public Administration, Macmillan Company, New York.

• Riggs, F.W., Ecology of Public Administration, IPA, New Delhi, 1997.

• Diwedi, O.P. and R.B. Jain, India’s Administration State, Gitanjali Publishing House, New Delhi,

1998.

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• Mathur, B.C., K. Diesh, C. Chandrasekharan (ed), Management in Government, Publication

Divison, Government of India, New Delhi, 1980.

• Puri, K.K. (ed), Public Administration: Indian Spectrum, Kitab Mahal, Allahabad, 1982.

• Arora, Ramesh K. and RajniGoyal, Indian Public Administration, WishwaPrakashan, New Delhi,

2003.

• Sahni, Pardeep and EtakulaVayunandan, Administrative Theory, New Delhi: PHI Learning Ptv.

Ltd. 2010.

• Rao, N. Bhaskar, GoodGoodvernance: Delivering Corruption-free Public Services, New Delhi:

Sage Publication, 2013.


2010

• Kumar, De, Prabir, Public Policy and Systems, Delhi: Pearson, 2012.

• Chakrabarty, Bidut, and Prakash Chand, Public Administration in a Globalising World: Theories

and Practices, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2012 .

• Awasthi and S.R. Maheshwari, Public Administration, Lakshmi Narain Agrawal, Agra, 2003.

• Sharma, M.P. and B.L, Sadana, Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Kitab Mahal,

Allabahad, 2003.

• Singh, Hoshiar and Mohinder Singh, Public Administration in India: Theory and Practice, New

Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1989.

• Maheshwari, S.R., Indian Administration (Sixth Edition), New Delhi: Oriental BlackSwan, 2009.

• Mishra, S.N., Public Governance and Decentralization, New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2003.

• Barthwal, C.P., Good Governance in India, Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2003.

.

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PAPER- XVIII: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Unit 1 Research Methodology

I. Nature and Scope

II. Types of Research: Library and Empirical

Unit II Research Design

I. Formulation of Research Problem

II. Hypothesis

Unit III Types of Empirical Research

I. Quantitative Research

II. Qualitative Research

Unit IV Data Collection & Data Analysis

I. Data Collection from Official and Government Sources

II. Data Analysis : i) Tabulation ii) Co-relation

Unit 5 Report Writing

I. Organizing the Information and Data.

II. References and Bibliography

III. Dissertation Writing

Books Recommended:

• Henry E.Garrett, Statistics in Psychology and Education, Surjit Publication, Delhi, 2012

• O. R. Krishnaswami, Methodology of Research in Social Science, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai

2003

• राम आहूजा, सामाजक अनुसंधान, रा�व पलकशन, जयपुर, 2004

• Prem Shankar Choudhary, Encyclopedia of Research Methodology in Social Science &

humanities,Volume-II, Anmol Publication Pvt. Ltd. 2009.

• Wilkinson and Bhandarkar – Methodology and Techniques of Social research, Himalaya Publishing co,

New Delhi, 1993.

• DAVID E. MCNABB, RESEARCH METHODS FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CATALOGING –IN – PUBLICATION DATA, NEW YORK, 2010.

• William Josiah Goode, Paul K. Hatt, Methods in Social Research, McGraw Hill Kogakusha Limited, 1952.

• C. R. KOTHARI, RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, NEW AGE

INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS, NEW DELHI, 2006.

• T.S. Wilkinson, P.L. Bhandarkar, Methodology and Techniques of Social Research, Himalaya Publishing

House, New Delhi, 2003.

• F.A. Kerlinger, The Foundation of Behavioral Research.

• G.A. Moser and G. Karlton, Survey Methods in Social Research.

• P.V. Young, Scientific Social Survey and Research.

• Shukla and Trivedi, Research Methodology.

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GROUP A: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (ELECTIVE)

PAPER - XIX RURAL-URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIA

Unit-1

I. Decentralization and Local Government

a. Decentralization: Concept, Significance, Approaches and Types of Decentralization,

Democratic Decentralization and Local Governance in India,

b. Local Government:

i) Rural Local Self Government: Meaning, Structure and Functions

ii) Urban Local Self Government: Meaning, Structure and Functions

iii) 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, Emerging role of Panchayati Raj

Institution and Municipal bodies

Unit-2

I. Rural and Urban Development:

i) Rural Development: Concept and Scope,Political Economy of Rural Development

ii) Urban Development: Concept and Scope, Urbanization in India

Unit-3

I. Institutional Framework for Rural and Urban Development:

i) Rural Development: PanchayatiRaj, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Co-

operative

ii) Urban Development: Urban local bodies and Development Authorities

Unit-4

I. Rural Development: Approaches, Policies and Programmes

i) Community Development and Community Driven Development(C.D.& C.D.D)

ii) Area Development

iii) Integrated Rural DevelopmentProgramme (IRDP)

iv) Provided Urban facilities in Rural Areas (PURA),Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Act (MG-NREGA),and BHARAT NIRMAN

Unit-5

I. Urban Development: Approaches, Policies and Programmes i) Area(place) based Urban development

ii) Integrated Urban development Approach

iii) Sustainable Urban development Approach

iv) Programme of Urban development in respect to Housing, Health, Sanitation, Water

supply, Education,Transportation, Slum Improvement and Environment.

Text Book:

• Singh,Katar, Rural Development: Principle, Policies and Management, Sage Publication,3rd

Edition, New Delhi, 2009

• Jain, Gopallal, Rural Development,mangal deep Publication, New Delhi, 1997

• Krishnamurthy,J, Rural Development: Challenges and Opportunities,Rawat Publication, jaipur,

2000

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• Jain, S.P.(ed), Emerging Institution for Decentralized Rural Development Vol. I & II, National

Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 2001

• Swami,H.R, and Gupta,B.P., Rural Development and Co-operation in India, Indus Valley

Publication, Jaipur, New delhi, 2005-06

Reading List:

•••• RAM NARAYAN PRASAD , URBAN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDIA, MITTAL

PUBLICATION, DARYAGANJ, NEW DELHI, 2006.

•••• B. P. MAITHANI, LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IN NORTH-EAST INDIA: AN

APPRAISAL, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLICATION, NEWDELHI, 1997.

•••• S.S. DHALIWALGOOD GOVERNANCE IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT, DEEP&DEEP PUBLICATION

RAJOURI GARDEN, NEW DELHI, 2004.

•••• S.R. MAHESHWARI, LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIA, LAKSHMI NARAINAGRAWAL, AGRA, 2003

•••• T.N. CHATURVEDI AND A. DUTTA (EDS.), LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IIPA, NEW DELHI, 1984

•••• M.A. MUTTALIB, THEORY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STERLING PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD. NEW

DELHI, 1982

•••• DEBIDAS NANDA, MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA, GANGA KAVERI PUBLISHING HOUSE,

VARANASI, 1998

•••• RURAL URBAN RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT, 1966, MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY

PLANNING, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI.

•••• V. OSTROM ET.AL. LOCAL GOVT. IN THE UNITED STATE, INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY

STUDIES, SAN FRANCISCO, 1988

•••• D.WILSON AND C. GAME, LOCAL GOVT. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, PALGRAVE, BASING STOKE,

2002

•••• R. PADDISON AND S. BAILEY (ED.) LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: INTERNATIONAL

PERSPECTIVES,ROUTLEDGE, NEW YORK, 1988

•••• P. SACHDEVA, URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN INDIA, ALLAHABAD, KITABMAHAL, 2002

•••• H. SINGH, THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STERLING PUBLISHER, NEW DELHI,

1996

•••• S.L.GOEL, URBAN ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA, NEW DELHI, DEEP AND DEEP PUBLICATIONS,

2003

•••• BALWANTRAI MEHTA, COMMITTEE REPORT 1957

•••• ASHOK MEHTA, COMMITTEE REPORT 1978

•••• B.S. KHANNA, PANCHAYATI RAJ IN INDIA: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND STATE STUDIES, NEW

DELHI, DEEP AND DEEP, 1994,

•••• S.S. MINAKSHISUNDARAM, DECENTRALIZATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, NEW DELHI,

CONCEPT PUBLISHING CO. 1994

•••• IQBAALNARAIN AND P.C. MATHUR, PANCHAYATI RAJ- OLD CONTROL AND NEW CHALLENGES.

•••• IGNOU, DEMOCRATIC DECENTRALISATION IN INDIA, MPA-16, NEW DELHI, IGNOU.

•••• Kurushetra Monthly Magizine(Hindi and English)

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GROUP A: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (ELECTIVE)

PAPER – XX ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT: POLICIES AND POLITICS

Unit-1

I Environment and Development:

i) Defining Environment and Ecology, Sustainable Development

ii) Environmental Governance: Stockholm (1972) to the Present

iii) Understanding the Environment in India

Unit-2

I. Role of State: i) Environmental development debate and Issues of equity, justice in global and local

governance

ii) Role of Trans-national companies and Sustainable Development

iii) Community and Local Government Management: A Developing Country Perspective

Unit-3

I. Sustainable Livelihood Practices

i) Green revolution and sustainable agriculture

ii) Joint forest management and Watershed treatment practices and the issues of big dams,

iii) Environmental practices and the village republics for the management of grasslands

andwaste lands

Unit-4

I. Sectoral Environmental Policies and Their Implementation.

i) Forestry Sector, Wild Life and Pollution.

ii) The Problems of Large Multipurpose Projects and HazardousSubstances.

iii) Urban Environmental Problems.

Unit-5

I. Environmental Activism: Impact on Policy and Administration

i) Environmental Movements in India: Impact on Public Policy.

ii) The Role of Civil Society & NGO's.

iii) Globalization and Liberalization: Impact on Environment.

Text Books:

• Singh, Kartar and Anil Shishodia, (2007).Environmental Applications: Theory and

Applications, Sage Publications, New Delhi.

• Sapru,R.K.,Environment Management in India,Ashish,New Delhi,1987

• Pal, B.P., Environmental Concept and Strategies, New Delhi,1986

• Saxena, K.D.,EnvironmentalPlanning,Policies and Programme in India, Shipra New Delhi,

1993

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• Diwan,Paras(ed),Environment Protection: Problems,Policy Administration, Deep and Deep,

New Delhi, 1987

Reference Books

• Khan, T.I. (2001): Environmental Policies for Sustainable Development, PointerPublishers,

Jaipur.

• Kolstad, C.D. (2003): Environmental Economics, Oxford University Press, NewYork.

• Rajan, M.G. (1997): Global Environmental Politics: India and the North-SouthPolitics of Global

Environmental Issues, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

• Raven and Berg (2001): Environment, Harcourt College Publishers, Fort Worth.

• Schulze, G.G., and Ursprung, H.W. (2001): International EnvironmentalEconomics, Oxford


• Trivedi, P.R. (1996): International Environmental Laws, APH PublishingCorporation in

association with Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, NewDelhi.

• Wright, R.T. and Nebel, B.J. (2002)Environmental Science:Toward aSustainable Future,

Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi.

Online Sources 1 www.insee.org

2. www.sustainabledevelopment.org

3. www.cseindia.org

4. www.saveourenvironment.org

5. www.cpreec.org

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M.A. SEMESTER IV

ELECTIVE GROUP-B (INDIAN GOVERNEMNT AND POLITICS)

PAPER XIX: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA

Unit- 1

I. Basic Concepts of Democracy and Human Rights (i) Various Meanings and Models of Democracy

(ii) Meaning, Nature, and Evolution of Human Rights

Unit- 2

I. Human Rights in India (i) Constitutional vision of Freedom (Fundamental Rights)

(ii) Constitutional Vision of Justice (Directive Principles of State Policy)

(iii) Minorities’ Rights

Unit- 3

I. Human Right Commission of India

(i) Composition and Functions and Role

(ii) Challenges before Human Rights Commission of India

Unit- 4

I. Judiciary and Human Rights (i) Judicial Activism

(ii) Public Interest Litigation

Unit- 5

I. Human Right and Civil Society Groups in India

(i) NGOs and Human Rights Movements

(ii) People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)

(iii) Amnesty International, Asia Watch

Unit- 6

I. Legislative Enactments and Human Rights in India

(i) RTE

(ii) PDS System

(iii) Lokayukta

Readings

• Adeney, Katherin, and Saez, Lawrence (Eds.), Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism,

Routledge, London, 2005.

• Brass, Paul, The Politics of India Since Independence, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,

2004.

• Chatterjee, Partha, State and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009.

• Hasan, Zoya (Ed.), Parties and Party Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,

2002.

• Jayal, Niraj Gopal, and Mehta, Pratap Bhanu, The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, Oxford


• Jenkins, Rob, Regional Reflections: Comparing Politics Across India’s States, Oxford University

Press, New Delhi, 2004.

• Kohli, Atul, Democracy and Development in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.


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• Robinson, John, “Regionalising India: Uttarakhand and the Politics of Creating States”, South

Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume 24, No. 2, December 2001, pp. 189-212.

• Sarangi, Asha (Ed.), Language and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New

Delhi, 2009.


• GiriRaj Shah, Human Rights

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M.A. SEMESTER IV POLITICAL SCIENCE

ELECTIVE GROUP-B (INDIAN GOVERNEMNT AND POLITICS)

PAPER XX DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND POLITICS IN INDIA

Unit- 1

I. Federalism in India (i) Origins of the federal system in India

(ii) Features of Indian Federalism and Unitary Features in India

(iii) Distribution of Powers in Indian Federation

Unit- 2

I. Pluralism, Identities and National Integration (i) Ethnicity in India

(ii) Castes in Indian Politics

(iii) Communalism in India

(iv) Language Problem in India

(v) Politics of Regionalism

Unit- 3

I. States in Indian Federation

Reorganization of states in independent India

Politics of Regional Imbalance

Inter-state disputes

Recent demands for smaller states

Unit- 4

I. Cooperation and Coordination in Indian Federation (i) National Development Council (NDC)

(ii) Inter-State Councils

Unit- 5

I. Planning in India (i) Nehruvian Model

(ii) LPG in India

(iii) Planning Commission and The NITI Ayog

Readings List

• Adeney, Katherin, and Saez, Lawrence (Eds.), Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism,

Routledge, London, 2005.

• Brass, Paul, The Politics of India Since Independence, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,

2004.

• Chatterjee, Partha, State and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009.

• Hasan, Zoya (Ed.), Parties and Party Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,

2002.

• Jayal, Niraj Gopal, and Mehta, Pratap Bhanu, The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, Oxford


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• Jenkins, Rob, Regional Reflections: Comparing Politics Across India’s States, Oxford University

Press, New Delhi, 2004.

• Kohli, Atul, Democracy and Development in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2010.



• Robinson, John, “Regionalising India: Uttarakhand and the Politics of Creating States”, South

Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume 24, No. 2, December 2001, pp. 189-212.

• Sarangi, Asha (Ed.), Language and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009.


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M.A. SEMESTER IV POLITICAL SCIENCE

ELECTIVE GROUP-C (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

PAPER XIX: FOREIGN POLICIES OF MAJOR POWERS

Unit – 1

I. Introduction to Foreign Policy

(i) An Overview of International Relations since 1945

(ii) Comparative Study of Foreign Policies

(a) Basic Approaches

(b) Foreign Policy in the Context of World Wars

(c) Foreign Aid, Nuclear Proliferation and Geo-Politics.

Unit – 2

I. Foreign Policy of United States of America (i) The American Tradition

(ii) Contemporary shifts

(a) Alliances

(b) Foreign Aid, Liberation, Recent Trends

Unit – 3

I. Foreign Policy of Britain (i) National Background, Political Experience, Policy-Making Process

(ii) Impact of Domestic Policy on Foreign Policy, Commonwealth Relations

(iii) Cultural and Ideological politics.

Unit- 4

I. Foreign Policy of Russia (i) Continuity and Change in Foreign Policy of Russia

(ii) Formation and Execution of Russian Foreign Policy

Unit- 5

I. Foreign Policy of China (i) The Indigenous and Ideological Components

(ii) The Sino-Russia and Sino-American Relations- Causes and Nature

(iii) Policy in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Unit- 6

I. India’s Foreign Policy (i) Basic foundations of Indian Foreign Policy

(ii) Theory and Practice of Non-Alignment

(iii) Relations with the West

(iv) Role in the Commonwealth

(v) Relations with Russia and Israel

(vi) Relations with China and other Neighbors

(vii) Relation with United Nations and contribution to World Peace

(viii) Relations with African Continent

REFERENCES Text Books;

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• Dumbrell, John, American Foreign Policy: Carter to Clinton, Houndsmill, Macmillan, 1997

• Kanet, Roger E and Kozhemiakin, Alexander V., The Foreign Policy of Russian Federation,

Houndsmill. Macmillan, 1997

• Sutter, Robert G., Shaping China's Future in World Affairs: The Role of U.S. Boulder, Westview,

1996

• David Harvey, The New Imperialism, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003

• John Pilger, The New Rulers of the World, Verso, 2003

• Robert Kagan, Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order, KNOPF

Publishers, 2003

• McNamara, Robert. Out of the Cold, Bloomsbury, 1990

• Mendelson, Sarah E., Changing Course, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1998

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M.A. SEMESTER IV

ELECTIVE GROUP-C (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

PAPER XX: INDIA AND THE WORLD

Unit- 1

I. Making of India’s Foreign Policy

(i) Institutions, Structure, Processes

(ii) Doctrinal Aspects

(iii) Determinants

Unit- 2

I. India’s Nuclear and Security Policies (i) Genesis

(ii) Doctrines

(iii) Evolutionary Trajectory

(iv) Emerging Dimensions

Unit- 3

I. India’s Interface with its Neighbors

(i) India’s Relations with Pakistan and Afghanistan

(ii) India’s Relations with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

(iii) India’s Relations with Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Maldives

Unit- 4

I. India’s Relations with World and Regional Powers (i) Relations with US, Russian Federation, China and Israel

(ii) Relations with Germany, France and Japan

Unit- 5

I. India’s Interaction with Global and Regional Institutions & Groupings (i) United Nations, International Monetary Fund & World Bank

(ii) ASEAN-ARF, APEC, and European Union

(iii) BRICS, IBSA, RIC and IOR-ARC

Unit- 6

I. Continuity and Change Indian Foreign Policy

(i) Continuity and Change in 21st Century Indian Foreign Policy

(ii) Non-Alignment, Democracy, Terrorism, Economic Diplomacy, Energy,

Security

(iii) The Indian Diaspora and Indian Foreign Policy REFERENCES

• Damodaran, AX and Rajpai.U.S.(eds.). 1990. Indian Foreign Policy: The Indira Gandhi years. Radiant, New Delhi.

• Kapur, Ashok. 2001. Pokhran and Beyond: India's Nuclear Behavior. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

• Bajpai, Kanti. 2006. “Indian Conception of Order/Justice in International Relations: Nehruvian, Gandhian, Hindutva

and Neo-Liberal”, in Political Ideas in Modern India, edited by V.R. Mehta and Thomas Pantham, Sage, New Delhi.

• Rajamohan, C. 2005. Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy Penguin, New Delhi.

• Nanda, B.R. (ed.), 1976. India's Foreign Policy in the Nehru Years. Vikas, New Delhi.

• Cronin Patrick M. 1993. From Globalism to Regionalism: Sew Perspectives on US Foreign and Defence Policies.

Washington, National Defence University Press, Washington.

• Gaddis, Johan Lewis. 1990. Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Post War American National Security

Policy, Oxford University Press Oxford.

M.A. SEMESTER – IV:

ELECTIVE PAPER GROUP D: FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY

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PAPER – XIX: GENDER AND PUBLIC POLICY

Unit – 1

I. Gender and Public Policy: Indian perspective

Unit – 2 I. Gender, Social security and the Human Rights debate

Unit – 3 I. Public policy in the context of Gender: Education policy, Health policy, Employment policy

Unit – 4 I. Gender and Human Development: Public policy impact analysis

Unit – 5

I. Gender Issues: Security and peace Issues, Environment debate and Access to E-Governance

Books Recommended

• Mendiratta, S., Handbook of law, women, and employment, New Delhi, Oxford University Press

2009.

• Haleh Arshar (ed.) Women and Politics in the Third World, London: Routledge, 1996.

• The World’s Women 2000: Trends and Statistics, New York: United Nations, 2000.

• Shiva, Vandana, Staying Alive: Women Ecology and Development in India, New Delhi: Kali for

Women, 1998.

• Menon, Nivedita, Gender and Politics in India, New York, OUP, 1999.

• Shiva, Vandana (ed.), Close to Home: Women Reconnect, Ecology, Health and Development

Worldwide, Philadelphia New Society Publishers 1994.

• Rai, Shirin (ed.) International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization, New York: St.

Martins Press, 2000.

• Agosin, Marjorie (ed.), Women Gender and Human Rights: A Global perspective. New

Brunswrick N.J. Rutgers University Press, 2001.

• Nelson, Barbara J. and Najma Chawdhury (eds.) Women and Politics Worldwide New Haven:

Yale University Press. 1994.

• Prasad, K.V. Easwara and C. Joseph (eds.), Women, work and inequity: The reality of gender,

NOIDA: National Labour Institute, 1995.


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ELECTIVE PAPER GROUP D: FEMINIST POLITICAL THEORY

PAPER – XX: WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IN INDIA

Unit – 1

I. Contextualizing Women’s Movements

i) Women’s Movement as a Social Movement

ii) History of Women’s question (Women Suffrage, Working Women issues, Birth Control

Movement)

iii) Women’s Movement in Asian countries

Unit – 2

I. Women’s Movements in Pre-Independence period in India

i) Historical Developments of Social Reform Movements : women’s education, abolition of

Sati custom, widow remarriage, abolition of Polygamy, Child marriage, Inheritance and

property rights

ii) Women’s Participation in the National Movement : Women in the Civil Disobedience

Movement, Quit India Movement and Women’s revolutionary activities)

Unit – 3

I. Women’s Movements in Post-Independence period in India i) Telangana and Tebhaga Movements

ii) Mathura and Nirbhaya: Transforming the laws on rape

iii) Dowry murders, Roop Kanwar incident and Anti sati agitation

iv) Controversy around Uniform Civil Code and Its Impact on Women’s Movement

v) Women’s political movement for 33% reservation in legislation Contribution of women

in ecological movements – Chipko, Narmada, Appiko

Unit – 4

I. Challenges to Women’s Movement

i) Fundamentalism

ii) Caste

iii) Violence

iv) Situations of Conflict

v) Moral policing

Essential Readings

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• Basu, Aparna. (1990). “The Role of Women in the Indian Struggle for Freedom”. In R.Nanda

(Ed). “Indian Women: From Purdah to Modernity”. Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and

Vikas/ Radiant Pub, New Delhi.

• Gandhi, Nandita & Nandita Shah. (1992). “The Issues at Stake: Theory and Practice in the

Contemporary Women’s Movement in India”. Kali, New Delhi.

• Goonesekere, Savitri (ed). (2004). “Violence, Law and Women’s Rights in South Asia”. Sage,

New Delhi.

Additional Reading

• Khullar Mala, (ed.). (2005). “Writings in Women’s Studies: A Reader”. Zubaan Publications,

New Delhi.

• Kuumba, M. Bahati. (2003). “Gender and Social Movements”. Rawat Publications, New Delhi.

• Mazumdar, Vina. (1989). “Peasant Women Organise for Empowerment: The Bankura

Experiment”. (Occasional Papers),CWDS, New Delhi.

• Mishra, Anupam and Tripathi, Satyendra. (1978). “Chipko Movement: Uttarakhand Women‟s

Bid to Save Forest Wealth”. Radhakrishna for People‟s Action, New Delhi.

• Desai, Neera. (1988). “A Decade of Women‟s Movement in India”.MeenaPandev, Bombay.

• Kumar, Radha. (1993). “The History of Doing”. Kali for Women, New Delhi.

• Rajawat, Mamta. (2005).“Dalit Women: Issues and Perspectives”. Anmol Pub, New Delhi.

• Rao, MSA. (1979). “Social Movements in India”. Vol I, Manohar New Delhi.

• Sharma, Kumud. (1989).“Shared Aspirations, Fragmented Realities: Contemporary Women’s

Movement in India: Its Dialectics and Dilemmas”. (Occasional Paper No. 12). CWDS, New

Delhi.

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